Given that today (1 February) is often labelled 'national sickie day' by various institutions and the media, I could not let it go by without comment.
Today is known as 'Blue Monday' and is seen as the most depressing day of the year with experts predicting higher than average absence rates.
More employees stayed at home last week due to adverse weather, than ever seen before, according to absence management organisation FirstCare.
Our recent Global Wellness Survey highlighted that 50% of participants in the UK now have a workplace wellness strategy. Why are these companies so interested in the health and wellbeing of their...
Today, on the first day back at work for many after the Christmas break, the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) is calling for more support to help those people returning to...
Fewer than half of the days lost due to sickness absence in the UK are legitimate, new research reveals.
Authorising, recording and monitoring all types of employee time off and absence takes no time using LeaveMaster, a powerful leave management solution. Specially designed to save organisations time...
Delegates at Manchester's CIPD Conference saw the launch of a single IT HR solution that promises to streamline all HR operations into one single platform.
UK workers waste 4.6 million hours a day travelling to work, according to recent research, but their bosses are reluctant to allow them to work more flexibly.
Proposals to introduce fit notes in place of the current sick notes system have been the subject of intense debate among HR professionals, the medical world and businesses throughout the UK. Plans...
The likelihood companies will suffer from absences through ill-health has nearly doubled in the past three months, due to infections from swine flu and other colds and viruses, research has found.
EXCLUSIVE: Nearly three quarters (73%) of companies do not comply with VDU regulations because they only fund either eye tests or the cost of any glasses required, but not both, as they should.
